> we have such a terrible ability to speak english Curiously, native English speakers have a terrible ability to speak French (even though they are not as prot

> we have such a terrible ability to speak english Curiously, native English speakers have a terrible ability to speak French (even though they are not as protective of their language). Personally, I think that this is because these two languages, despite being “neighbors” and in some respects related, are at different extremes of some kind of phonetic spectrum. (Learning the written language, on the other hand, is a breeze and fun.)